| activity |
An activity is something you spend time doing. Some activities are reading, playing a game, swimming, and cooking. |
| against |
When you go against something, you don't go along with it, or you go in the opposite direction that it is going. If you walk against the wind, it means that you walk so that the wind is blowing in your face. If you play a game and go against the rules, it means that you don't play the way the rules tell you to play. [1/4 definitions] |
| attend |
When you attend something, you go to it, and you watch it or listen to it or join in the activity of it. When you attend a baseball game, you go to the game and watch it. When you attend a birthday party, you go there and you usually have cake and play games. |
| base1 |
A base is one of the four corners of the field in the game of baseball. A batter runs from base to base and must touch each one to score. [1/3 definitions] |
| baseball |
Baseball is a game played with a small white ball and a stick called a bat. There are two teams of nine players each. The players score by hitting the ball with the bat and running around four bases. [2 definitions] |
| basket |
A basket is also something used in the game of basketball. The basket is a large metal ring with a net attached to it. The basket is attached to a board that hangs above the heads of the players. Players have to get the basketball through the basket to score points in the game. [1/2 definitions] |
| basketball |
Basketball is a game played with a round ball. It is played with two teams of five players each. Players throw the ball through a ring called a hoop to make points. [2 definitions] |
| batter3 |
A batter is the person who tries to hit the ball in the game of baseball and in some other games. |
| beat |
When you beat someone in a game, it means that you did better than they did. [1/4 definitions] |
| begin |
When something begins, it starts. When a game begins at one o'clock, it means that the game starts at one o'clock. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowling |
Bowling is a kind of game or sport. In bowling, people roll a heavy ball down a long wooden floor and try to hit some standing pieces of wood called pins. People score points when the pins fall down. |
| cancel |
When someone cancels an event, the event is stopped from happening. If it is raining very hard, people might cancel a baseball game. If this happens, there will be no game that day. |
| cheat |
When you cheat, you do something that is not honest. When you cheat in a game, you break the rules because you want to win. |
| checkers |
Checkers is a game played by two people. Each player has twelve flat, round pieces to move over a board. The board is covered with squares of two different colors. One player can move on one color and the other player on the other. In checkers, each player tries to take away the other player's pieces by jumping over them. |
| chess1 |
Chess is a board game played by two people. In chess, each player has sixteen pieces that include a king and a queen. Chess pieces can only move on the board in certain ways, so players have to learn how each type of piece can move. You win the game by taking the other player's king. |
| deal1 |
When you deal cards in a game, you give out cards to people who are playing the game. [1/4 definitions] |
| defeat |
When you defeat someone, you beat them in a game or fight. |
| download |
When you download something from the internet, you put it onto your own computer. When you download something, like a song or a game, it becomes part of your computer's memory. Now you can play the song or game whenever you want without using the internet. You can download things from the internet onto other kinds of things like a music player, tablet, or phone too. |
| either |
When you can either play a game with your sister or go shopping with your mother, it means that you have a choice between these two things. If your father is either in the kitchen or in the living room, then there are two possible places where he can be. Of course, he can't be in both places! [1/4 definitions] |
| end |
The end is the last part of something. When a team scores at the end of the game, they score in the last part of the game. [1/4 definitions] |
| even |
Sometimes we use even when something is surprising or the opposite of what someone might expect. If you say "Even my little brother can play this game," we understand that it is a surprising thing that he can play it. We understand from this that the game must be very simple. [1/8 definitions] |